Maybe it's just the way I read your initial post but you seem to be walking a fine line between arrogance and ignorance. It's one thing to be confident but you're a damn fool if you think you aren't replaceable

If that were the case how come you need a new job every 6 months to a year?

First big boy job at Chrysler was 9 months and I hated what I was doing. So I took a better paying, full filling and all around intensive job where I learned a lot! The first opportunity I could. The company was a somewhat large company supplying to a lot of European auto makers and here in the US 80% to GM and 20% to Chrysler. Before I got there they had a somewhat rocky relationship with GM due to past problems.

When GM didn't source them to supply parts for future programs and they only had a small list of current programs to maintain and to supply for that was quickly running out, it's logical for a company to reduce work staff, shit luck for me I was last hired so first fired. Of 6 employees that worked intensity on GM only 2 remain there right now, managers and system engineers jumped ship too. It's business pure and simple and in the end it worked out perfectly for me.

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Originally Posted by ajmorell

Maybe it's just the way I read your initial post but you seem to be walking a fine line between arrogance and ignorance. It's one thing to be confident but you're a damn fool if you think you aren't replaceable

Doesn't matter if I'm contract, direct or union my ass can be let go at anytime and I completely understand and realize that. Read above

Call it luck, being confident and backing it up or right place/right time but in 2 years on my own I've increased my salary by 20k and that's with a useless degree as some would believe. With GM you have to have a "set of particular skills" and be able to navigate & work many internal systems. Ya anyone can be taught my job but the company I work for now needed someone experienced and knew what they were doing with little assistance ASAP! At that point I was able to get exactly what I wanted :)Confident, you bet your ass I'm confident when it comes to my job but I'm also willing to ask for help and say I don't know something when I need help. That gets you farther then struggling and failing. The guy I replaced couldn't do that or handle the fast pace of the job. I do walk that fine line but so far I've done it very well.

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take whatever job that will allow you to collect a bunch of useless stuff on you desk, locker or where ever they will let you

Oddly enough I have almost no personal effects at my desk. At my old desk I had 2 pictures of my jeep when it was together, a water bottle some toothpicks and a jacket. That was it besides my work equipment.

I hate a messy desk

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